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Erythrogenys

  • Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler

    Black-streaked scimitar babbler 
    (Erythrogenys gravivox, Hoạ mi đất họng trắng)

    The black-streaked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys gravivox) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. 
    The bird is found in China, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.

    Erythrogenys
    Erythro: eruthros meaning "red"
    genys: Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”); also, Greek genuos meaning "cheek".
    gravivox Latin gravis disagreeable; vox voice.

  • Erythrogenys

    Erythrogenys is a genus of scimitar babblers, jungle birds with long downcurved bills.

    1/ Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Họa mi đất má trắng, Erythrogenys erythrogenys) 
    2/ Large scimitar babbler (Họa mi đất mỏ dài, Erythrogenys hypoleucos)
    3/ Black-streaked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys gravivox, Hoạ mi đất họng trắng)

    Erythrogenys
    Erythro: eruthros meaning "red"
    genys: Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”); also, Greek genuos meaning "cheek". 

  • Large Scimitar-Babbler

    Large Scimitar Babbler 
    (Họa mi đất mỏ dài, Erythrogenys hypoleucos)

    The large scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.

    Erythrogenys
    Erythro: eruthros meaning "red"
    genys: Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”). 
    The Latinized Greek hypoleucos, with the correct “-os” ending as first published by Gould, means white below New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπόλευκος (hupóleukos, “whitish underneath”).
    hypo: From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-), combining form of ὑπό (hupó, “under”).

     

  • Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler

    Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler 
    (Họa mi đất má trắng, Erythrogenys erythrogenys) 

    The rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys) is a passerine bird in the babbler family Timaliidae that is found in the Himalayas from northeast Pakistan to Bhutan.

    Erythrogenys
    Erythro: eruthros meaning "red"
    genys: Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”). 
    The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek eruthros meaning "red" with genuos meaning "cheek".